In 1971, the Shah of Iran, the self-proclaimed ‘king of kings’, celebrated 2,500 years of the Persian monarchy by throwing the greatest party in history. Money was no object – a lavish tent city, using 37km of silk, was erected in a specially created oasis. The world’s top restaurant at the time, Maxim’s, closed its doors for two weeks to cater the event, a five-course banquet served to over sixty of the world’s kings, queens and presidents, and washed down with some of the rarest wines known to man.
Over a decadent five-day period, guests were treated to a pageant of thousands of soldiers dressed in ancient Persian costume, a ‘son et lumiere’ at the foot of Darius the Great’s temple, and the opening of the Azadi Tower in Tehran, designed to honour the Shah himself. Every party leaves a few hangovers. This one left a country reeling, never to recover. It crystallised the opposition, led by the Ayatollah Khomeini. More than any other event, this party marked the break between the king of kings and the people of Iran he reigned over.
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Let's see. The Shah had decided to have a gathering for dignitaries. He wanted to show the world that in 50 years with his father had made great advances. He wanted to show the world that Iran had a 2500 year Monarchy. He wanted the world and his people that they not He had made great advances. He was likening it to "The Great Civilization". He wanted the world to know his people were intelligent and were co.ing with He and the Empress Farah. When the media says it was a 100 million party. Number one they do not know this. The Shah had new schools, universities, hotells not for guests, but his people. Iran was not always Islamic. That was a threat to the Mullahs that had stopped progress to this day. There is so much more than a party. People should wake up. Khomeini killed over 100s of thousands of his people. The Shah would not allow Communism. Not in their laws. The Iranian people need to overturn the leaders. Much easier said than done now.Your government has enriched themselves. The Shah and his family did not take billions. Fabrication. They did not take the Jewels, the cars. All there for the people.to be blunt your parents and Grandparents fell for the biggest con job.